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否定句

Mandarin · pinyin fǒu dìng jù

negative sentence

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否: fǒu · not, no, negative; final particle; hexagram ䷋
定: dìng · decide, settle, fix
句: jù · sentence

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3–4–4 · fou3 ding4 ju4

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